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The Cuban-British dancer gives a polished performance at London’s Royal Opera House despite hit-and-miss choices
Three pieces were performed at the Lycée Jacques-Decour as part of this offbeat season of shows
A twerking, breakdancing young cast animate a new tribute to Shakespeare’s Tempest, while the landmark ‘En Atendant’ is successfully revived
Transgressive, feminist and queer artists are shattering the form’s conventions in a return to its anti-establishment origins
Si Rawlinson’s piece uses text and movement to look inside the secret lives of four wage slaves
Erina Takahashi leads a staging that is elegant and fast-moving
William Forsythe’s works were performed impressively, despite injuries to a number of principals
Triple bill also includes Christopher Wheeldon’s exhilarating ‘Corybantic Games’ and Kenneth MacMillan’s ‘Anastasia’
Vienna festival’s retelling of Berg’s work expertly combines dance and opera
Pieces inspired by transgender people in west Africa and hair-braiding feature in this experimental festival
The choreographer’s apocalyptic adaptation of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal premiered in London
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani tumbles at Sadler’s Wells and Trajal Harrell’s ‘Porca Miseria’ overstays its welcome at the Barbican
The movement in the choreographer’s new piece is in danger of being upstaged by the gorgeous imagery
Highlights of the annual event at Sadler’s Wells included South Korean flashdancing and Dutch soft-shoe slip-sliding
‘The Firebird’ was revolutionary while ‘Song of a Wayfarer’ brought forth a new star dancer
The dancer and choreographer had a passion for history and reconstructing lost works
Gabriela Carrizo offered witless pratfalls but Crystal Pite’s premiere on eco-themes was inventive
Tennessee Williams’s play gets a sultry dance treatment at the Theatre Royal Glasgow with a beguiling Ryoichi Hirano as Stanley
Tom Pye’s designs make Frederick Ashton’s masterpiece shine anew while Marianela Nuñez remains dream casting
Plus: Jemima Brown shines in a Tom Dale Dance Company double bill
Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber use an expressive choreographic language but don’t develop characters
Between hamstring stretches, the Birmingham Royal Ballet boss discusses fostering new talent and embracing Black Sabbath
Plus: Seeta Patel’s ‘Rite of Spring’ at Sadler’s Wells is an Indian-dance-inflected take on Stravinsky’s score
The dancer showed almost superhuman stamina and technique in a quadruple bill she also curated
Northern Ballet production dodges period drama clichés. Plus, ‘Woolf Works’ returns to the Royal Opera House
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